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( BW)(ALTRIA-GROUP)(MOP) Altria Group, Inc. Increases Quarterly
Dividend to $0.68 Per Share

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

   NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003--

The Board of Directors of Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) today voted
to increase the company's regular quarterly dividend by 6.3%, to an
annualized rate of $2.72 per common share.
 
The new quarterly dividend of $0.68 per common share, up from
$0.64 per common share, is payable on October 9, 2003 to stockholders
of record as of September 15, 2003. The ex-dividend date is September
11, 2003.

   Short Name: Altria Group Inc
   Category Code: DIV
   Sequence Number: 00008917
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030827T134754+0100

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    CONTACT: Altria Group Inc
             
    KEYWORD: NEW YORK UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING FOODS/BEVERAGES
    SOURCE: Altria Group Inc

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